Star Of Midnight(1935).

Star of Midnight (1935). Directed by Stephen Roberts. Cast: William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart.

Looking for his girl friend Alice, who has missing for over a year ago, Tim Winthrop goes to New York to ask his friend, criminal lawyer Clay Dalzell, for help. While there, Tim, Clay and Donna Mantin, Clay's fiancee, decide go to the theater, where actress Mary Smith, is performing. Just as the show begins, Clay receives a message to meet gangster Jimmy Kinland, to retrieve the love letters, that Donna, has asked him to pick up for her. He soon discovers the letters are not from Donna, but from a married friend. It is not long after he hears the news that Mary Smith, disappeared during her first act.

Soon after Clay, returns home and is visited by his friend Tim, who tells him that Mary Smith is Alice, and then by newspaper gossip columnist Tommy Tennant, who is shot and killed in Clay's bedroom. The killer throws his gun next to dazed Clay, making it look like he murdered Tommy. The producer of Mary's show and gangster Jimmy Kinland,  both seem to know more than their telling. Clay, is determined to find the killer with the help of Donna and his butler.

This movie is very enjoyable with plenty of humour, intrigue, everything we love about William Powell . Ginger Rogers,  also gives a wonderful performances and seems very natural playing opposite William Powell.